The Singapore Flyer spun to a halt yesterday as a fire caused the world’s biggest observation wheel to stop working. It left over 175 tourists stuck in the air for a good couple of hours.

Tuesday night’s fire in the control room of the Singapore Flyer shut down the 42-storey high …

Formula One team Red Bull’s claim that their devastating loss in the Singapore GP was due to static electricity from an MRT train has been refuted by SMRT. Mark Webber’s gearbox had apparently failed at turn 13 just as he was on course for a podium finish.
‘There is no MRT …

What do you do with a government that controls an entity supplying power, which made $1 billion in profits, raise tariffs by 22%?
What do you do with a government that raises fees for wards in the very beds we would reside in when we fall ill?
What do you do with …

Here is a job most Singaporeans would love, being paid to queue up for the launch of the iPhone. In the capital of Poland, Warsaw, actors are actually being paid to line up to front the queues.
“We have these fake queues at front of 20 stores around the country to …

The magnificently planned escape of Mas Selamat, in true Lego style.

At our age, its certainly disturbing to see someone you know in the orbituaries. It was even more saddening to read about it in the New Paper today. Colin Kang, a lawyer had died of cardiac failure and had passed away. He most likely had thalassemia major (as stated in …

You know how much inflation has set in when that 100 grams of streaky bacon has risen from an average of $1.80+ to $2.20+ … a meteoric rise of about 20%. Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang commented yesterday that it was likely inflation would rise between 4 to …